Around the Achensee

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1. There are several small towns and villages around the Achensee. Which one of these is actually on the lake shore? Eben Pertisau Achenkirch None of these

2. One of the best ways to see the lake is to walk around it. How far is it? 23km 9km 5km 17km

3. What is housed inside the glass pyramid near the lake shore in Pertisau? The tourist information office A museum A restaurant An art gallery

4. There have been passenger boats on the lake since 1887. What form of propulsion was used for the first boat on the service? Sail Screw propeller Paddle wheel Chain

5. The steam railway has been running since 1889 and is the one of the oldest cog railways in the world. How many of the original locomotives were still operating a hundred years later? 3 1 2 0

6. The steam railway runs from Jenbach in the Inntal to Seespitz on the Achensee. At which station, on the journey up to the lake, does the engine start pulling the train? Maurach Burgeck Jenbach Eben

7. Which of these museums tells the story of a local saint? Jenbacher Museum Achenseer Museumswelt Notburga Museum Sixenhof Heimatmuseum

8. The Karwendel Bergbahn is a cable car which takes visitors up into the mountains above Pertisau. Which of these places is nearest to its top station? Dalfazalm Bärenbadalm Gramaialm Feilalm

9. About three kilometres west of Jenbach is the Schloss Tratzberg. When did the castle come into the possession of the Enzenberg family? It is owned by the state 1554 1847 1992

10. Jenbach station is remarkable because there are railways of three different gauges running to or through it. Apart from the Achensee, what other destination is regularly served by steam trains? Innsbruck Mayrhofen Kufstein Salzburg